Pitch 4 starts somewhere in here.

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Pitch 4 starts somewhere in here.

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Cathedral Peak as Seen from the East on the Trail (SE Buttress follows the left edge from this angle. The upper pitches can be seen in this photo.)

Pitch 1.

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Steph Abegg

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Pitch 8.

Route Overlay SE Buttress.

The section on the descent that you either jump across or downclimb an exposed section a bit to make an easy step across. In the photo Janet is doing the downclimb rather than the jump across.

The 1st headwall pitch and possibly the first traffic jam ever on the route

Cathedral Peak from Upper Cathedral Lake. SE Buttress on right skyline.

Cathedral Peak as Seen from the East on the Trail (SE Buttress follows the left edge from this angle. The upper pitches can be seen in this photo.)

Pitch 4 starts somewhere in here.

Pitch 1.

Offwidth on Pitch 9. Most climbers bypass the offwidth for a fingercrack about 4 feet to the right.

Looking down Pitch 9. Climb the offwidth or fingercrack.

Pitch 1.

The route starts ~150 feet up the Cathedral-Monk gully.

Michael Richichi ready to belay his second on P9 offwidth. A single #4 and #5 can be bumped to protect this pitch.

Beth Daubner follows the first headwall pitch

Approaching Cathedral SE Buttress.

On the summit!

The easy scree descent back to Upper Cathedral Lake. ~40 minutes from summit to camp at the lake.

Pitch 10.

Pitch 3.

A Thigh of Relief

Quartz dike at the end of Pitch 4.

Chimney on the upper part of Pitch 5.

The ledge traverse to the base of Pitch 5.

Pitch 5.

Pitches 6-7 follow 5.7 blocks and cracks to the base of the headwall.

Pitch 2.